'Pretty Little Liars' Theories From The Cast Are Even More Intense Than What Fans Come Up With

At this point, most of the cast of Pretty Little Liars' theories are behind them. They've given up on trying to figure out who A is — they've hung up their respective deer-stalker hats next to their oversized magnifying glasses, so to speak. Lucy Hale joked to People Magazine that she used to play "Detective Lucy," but has since thrown in the towel, since she has "always been proven wrong," and Shay Mitchell told Bustle, "I have no idea, I don’t even wanna guess." Troian Bellisario even went so far as to tell her character to always second-guess herself: She jokingly advised Spencer in a 2012 PLL Promo, "If there's anybody that you completely fear, or think of as A, just embrace that person, because they're going to be your brother, your boyfriend, or somebody really, really close to you" (Sounds about right, eh?).

That said, not everyone has given up on the A sleuthing and truthing. Things have gotten trickier in recent days, since most of the cast actually does know A's true identity now — but luckily, that doesn't stop some of them from sharing their #BigAReveal hopes and dreams. Here are some of the cast of Pretty Little Liars' best A theories from throughout the years.

A Is... Jason DiLaurentis?

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Jason himself (aka Drew Van Acker) has long harbored hopes that he was the major villain. When asked back in 2012 to share his A theory for the above PLL promo, he laughed and said, "I'd say Jason," as if it was a no-brainer. And for even more on Jason, check out Bustle's Pretty Little Liars podcast.

A Is... Jenna Marshall?

In a 2014 interview with The Hot Hits, Tammin Sursok joked, "I think there's a narcissistic part of myself that wishes that I was A." Narcissism or not, she's definitely not alone in thinking that Jenna could be A, or at least, A-adjacent. I mean, she's definitely up to something, right?

A Is... Cece Drake?

Like Sursok and Van Acker, Vanessa Ray has oft-theorized that her onscreen alter ego is to blame for all of Rosewood's rampant dysfunction. In a profile in Cosmopolitan, she confessed, "I thought it was me ... I really did. And I was so excited." Ray may have been quick to discount her personal theory, but who knows at this point? What with all of the incomprehensible machinations behind A's identity, she could still be right.

It's worth pointing out that post-Mona, now even people who show up looking completely AND recognizably dead can still end up being alive. Also, Pieterse shared this theory after saying she knew A's true identity... so do with that information what you will.

A Is... I. Marlene King?

Tyler Blackburn may just have the one A theory to rule them all: In an interview with BuzzFeed earlier this year, he joked that IMK herself is PLL's big bad. Hmm, someone who likes to torture a group of young women with increasingly cryptic and convoluted clues and messages? Hey, if the shoe fits...